TITLE: SSRT2422 - HP Tru64 UNIX XFS Potential Security Vulnerability

New Kit Date:       04-MAR-2003
Modification Date:  Not Applicable
Modification Type:  NEW KIT

Copyright (c) Hewlett-Packard Company 2003.  All rights reserved.


PRODUCT:    Tru64 UNIX [R] 5.1
SOURCE:     Hewlett-Packard Company

ECO INFORMATION:

     ECO Name:  T64V51B20-C0165900-17027-ES-20030220.tar
     ECO Kit Approximate Size:  1.8MB
     Kit Applies To:  Tru64 UNIX 5.1 PK6 (BL20)

     ECO Kit CHECKSUMS:
        /usr/bin/sum results:
        15745   1850 	

        /usr/bin/cksum results:
        3078269295 1894400

        MD5 results:
        8b1e1dd83ba89d7141385dbd44baa642

        SHA1 results:
        1ce8cd4a18223013eb2f2bab5231516fff5bb0eb


ECO KIT SUMMARY:

A dupatch-based, Early Release Patch kit exists for Tru64 UNIX 5.1 that
contains solutions to the following problem(s):

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in the HP Tru64 UNIX
operating system that may result in unauthorized privileged (non-root) access
or Denial of Service (DoS). This potential vulnerability may be in the form of
local and remote security domain risks.

The following potential vulnerability has been corrected:

        SSRT2422 XFS (Severity - High)


The Patch Kit Installation Instructions and the Patch Summary and Release
Notes documents provide patch kit installation and removal instructions
and a summary of each patch. Please read these documents prior to
installing patches on your system.


INSTALLATION NOTES:
1) Install this kit with the dupatch utility that is included in the patch
   kit. You may need to baseline your system if you have manually changed
   system files on your system. The dupatch utility provides the baselining
   capability.

2) The patch in this ERP kit does not have any file intersections with any
   other ERP available at this time for this product version.

3) This ERP kit will NOT install over any Customer Specific Patches (CSPs)
   which have file intersections with this ERP kit. Contact your normal
   Service Provider for assistance if the installation of this ERP kit is
   blocked by any of your installed CSPs.


INSTALLATION PREREQUISITES:

You must have installed Tru64 UNIX 5.1 PK6 (BL20) prior to 
installing this Early Release Patch Kit.


SUPERSEDED PATCH LIST:

None.


KNOWN PROBLEMS WITH THE PATCH KIT:

None.


RELEASE NOTES FOR T64V51B20-C0165900-17027-ES-20030220.tar:


     This document summarizes the contents and special instructions for the
     Tru64 UNIX V5.1 patches contained in this kit.

     For information about installing or removing patches, baselining,
     and general patch management, see the Patch Kit Installation
     Instructions document.

1 Release Notes


This Early Release Patch Kit Distribution contains:

   - fixes that resolve the problem(s) reported in:
        o 95503 SSRT2422
             * for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 T64V51B20AS0006-20030210.tar (BL20)

 The patches in this kit are being released early for general customer use.
 Refer to the Release Notes for a summary of each patch and installation
 prerequisites.

 Patches in this kit are installed by running dupatch from the directory
 in which the kit was untarred. For example, as root on the target system:

        > mkdir -p /tmp/CSPkit1
        > cd /tmp/CSPkit1
        > copy the kit to /tmp/CSPkit1
        > tar -xpvf DUV40D13-C0044900-1285-20000328.tar
        > cd patch_kit
        > ./dupatch

2 Special Instructions

There are no special instructions for Tru64 UNIX V5.1 Patch C1659.00


3 Summary of CSPatches contained in this kit


Tru64 UNIX V5.1

PatchId                 Summary Of Fix
----------------------------------------
C1659.00                Fix for SSRT2422, xfs


4 Additional information from Engineering


None


5 Affected system files

This patch delivers the following files:

Tru64 UNIX V5.1
        Patch C1659.00
                ./usr/bin/X11/xfs
                        CHECKSUM:       06041 202
                        SUBSET: OSFXMIT510


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  This software is proprietary to and embodies the confidential technology
  of Hewlett-Packard Company.  Possession, use, or copying of this
  software and media is authorized only pursuant to a valid written license
  from Hewlett-Packard or an authorized sublicensor.

       This ECO has not been through an exhaustive field test process.
       Due to the experimental stage of this ECO/workaround, Hewlett-Packard
       makes no representations regarding its use or performance. The
       customer shall have the sole responsibility for adequate protection
       and back-up data used in conjunction with this ECO/workaround.